[Official] Community Fly-In Friday: Morocco

[SeedyL3205]

We will be hosting an Official Fly-in alongside a group of community members (you!) on Twitch. This is an open event, free to all who would like to fly along with us and available to pilots of all skill levels. The goal is to have a great time, explore new locations of the world, and make new friends. This event is open to pilots on both sim versions (MSFS 2020 and MSFS 2024) and both the PC and Xbox platforms.

Hosted by @SeedyL3205, @Jummivana, and @Pieter2427
When: Friday, January 9 @ 1900Z for two hours.
2026-01-09T19:00:00Z
Where: The Official Twitch Channel of MSFS

There will also be a Discord event channel open for those who want to voice chat with other members of the community.

Please see below for details on the upcoming Fly-In Event:

FLIGHT DETAILS

Happy new year! For our first Fly-In Friday event of 2026, we’re off to Northern Africa for a scenic flight over historic and scenic Morocco. We’ll be visiting cities including Marrakech, Casablanca, Rabat, and Fez.

MSFS (2020) and MSFS 2024 Pilots on PC can download the .pln file here:
2026-01-09 Morocco.PLN (2.2 KB)

MSFS 2024 Pilots on PC, PS5, and Xbox can import the flight plan from the new Flight Planner tool at this link.

You can find instructions on how to load a flight plan from the Flight Planner website to your in-sim EFB on your PC or PS5/Xbox console on our forums here.

We will be starting at GMMX. Please load your aircraft 10 minutes prior to take off and taxi over to the runway in preparation for departure.

AIRCRAFT

Recommended aircraft: Beechcraft Baron, Beechcraft Bonanza, Cirrus SR22T, Diamond DA62 or any aircraft of your choice with a cruise speed of about 150 knots.

MULTIPLAYER SETTINGS

Please adhere to the following settings so you can see everyone / be seen by everyone.

Variable	Setting
Server	SE Asia
Multiplayer	All Players
Live traffic	As preferred
Weather	Few Clouds
Time of Day	Daytime

COMMUNICATION

To communicate with others, a voice channel on the "Official Microsoft Flight Simulator Discord” at https://discord.gg/msfs will be available to join.

LET’S FLY

This is meant to be a fun and informal flight. Everybody is welcome, no matter your platform, sim version, or level of experience.

[supertux76]

Yay, group flights are back! Unfortunately, it was a bit cloudy during the middle of the flight so not a lot of photos from that.

[wcc96387]

Quick question. Why is that official group flight only seem to happen on weekdays during the day when most are at work? I’d love to participate but everytime I see an official group flight it’s in the middle of my work day

[Orbitbold]

Nice flight as usual, and my first time flying the Cessna Corvalis, which I like a lot.

[SeedyL3205]

@wcc96387

Quick question. Why is that official group flight only seem to happen on weekdays during the day when most are at work? I’d love to participate but everytime I see an official group flight it’s in the middle of my work day

Hello @wcc96387,

We have a global playerbase, not just North/South America. What is your working hours are evening, night, or morning for other people in different regions.

We selected the time for Community Fly-In Friday very carefully so the maximum number of people can participate. The current time is evening hours for Europe and Africa, morning for Oceania, and daytime for North/South America. Unfortunately it’s nighttime hours for much of Asia, but there’s no one time that is suitable for everyone. With the selected time, it’s at least non-sleeping hours for most of the MSFS player community.

Thanks,
MSFS Team

[wcc96387]

I understood that it was most likely timed to try and cover a large swath of players… can I suggest doing official events on weekends? this was time frame isn’t as large of an issue? a Sunday at 2pm here on the east coast US wouldn’t be a problem and it would allow an even larger player base to participate

[VMaxF1]

2AM Sunday US East Coast time is 3AM Monday morning where I live, 4AM Monday in Japan, 6AM Monday Australian EDT, 8AM Monday NZDT. The current time doesn’t suit me much either (3AM Saturday isn’t a lot of fun) but I accept that thought has been put into it and the best compromise selected. There’s also the issue of hosts doing this as part of their job, so expecting them to work on weekends for it might be a bit much.

Doing occasional events at different hours seems like a reasonable option IMO, otherwise there are other community-organised fly-in events listed in the forums at all sorts of times.

[VMaxF1]

(sorry, 2PM US EST that should be)

[Zadma]

It’s also worth mentioning that these flights are hosted by a Microsoft employee and, as such, need to take place during their working hours.

[IceManDBB]

Happy New Year to everyone!

Nice to have a big group again after SU4 betas.

[Silverwood02]

Hello

I was going to try this last night, but I am not sure how it works for someone who does not have VATSIM or use ingame voice?

Can someone explain how the events work please?

Keith P

[IceManDBB]

All the info should be in the first post.
You simply show up at the right time and place (see first post), you can follow the group or load the flight plan provided in the 1st post.
You can join the discord livechat and watch the twitch stream as well, if you want.

You don’t need VATSIM or ingame voicechat (do we even have that?).

[Silverwood02]

Ok cheers. In real life you dont have plane to plane coms (At least in the UK) so I would not expect to have it here either, I didnt know if you had to use ‘human’ atc - such as VATSIM. So in essence it is just like a real fly in, you meet, have a chat fly, have a coffee or tea and fly back.

Sounds good. I will try next time.

Thanks.

Keith

[SparrowJLT]

First fly-in event of the year.. in our south neighbor country nontheless..

So i took the P51D as i barelly flew it and its flexible enough to do from low 100s to 300s

Shotout as usual to flyers @Edorin5981 Pelican , @TheHunDude and @JpFlyingHigh in DA62s , @RealKennyD in a DA42, @LacLac7777 and @klzach8764 Bonanzas, @Groversaurus VisionJet, @Kamahhn in a Warrior IV… and @FireFlier84 in a HellCat (i asume)

Antg01 BE60

@TheHunDude Diamond DA62

@souleyanime and @JpFlyingHigh DA62 and BE36

High aspect merge with @FireFlier84 HellCat (i asume)

@LacLac7777 Bonanza

@Groversaurus VisionJet

@Kamahhn PA28 Warrior IV

Shot near destination

@Edorin5981 Pelican

Fotofinish